rúm

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

• IPA^(key): [ɹʉuːm]

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)

1. space

   Synonyms: pláss, øki, rúmd

2. room

   Synonyms: kamar, herbergi, skemma

Declension of rúm
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmini
accusative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmini
dative	rúmi	rúminum	rúmum	rúmunum
genitive	rúms	rúmsins	rúma	rúmanna

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• IPA^(key): /rum(ː)/(when used to mean bed)
• Rhymes: -uːm

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, nominative plural rúm)

1. room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)

   Synonyms: pláss, rými

2. space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)
3. bed

   Synonyms: sæng, ból, bæli, rekkja

• Used with the definite declension when it translates English "in bed" or "to bed": Hann er bara góður í rúminu þegar hann er á kókaíni (“He's only good in bed when he's on cocaine”).

• rúmur

• múr

• rúma

Possibly from Old English rūm or Old Norse rúm, both from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Compare Scottish Gaelic rùm.

rúm m (genitive singular rúma, nominative plural rúmanna)

1. room
2. (floor) space

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old English rūm (English room), Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum), Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

rúm n

1. room
2. space